Queen Elizabeth II
Arts & Culture

Queen Elizabeth II: Symbol and Style

The fashion of Queen Elizabeth II reigned supreme for the past 90 years.
A 1950's beauty advertisement from the 1930s
Arts & Culture

How Fashion Magazines Talked in the 1930s

The Splashy language of fashion magazines prompted one linguist to look closer at the over-the-top dialect in Vogue and Ladies’ Home Journal of the 30s
Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "<a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-fccf-d471-e040-e00a180654d7" target="_blank">DuPont - Building - Sketch</a>" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1935 - 1945.
Arts & Culture

How DuPont Transformed Fashion With Stretchy Synthetics

DuPont invented the stretch synthetic fabric that revolutionized fashion in the mid-twentieth century. 
"Salvador Dali A (Dali Atomicus) 09633u" by Halsman, Philippe, photographer. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.09633. Licensed under Public Domain via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvador_Dali_A_(Dali_Atomicus)_09633u.jpg#/media/File:Salvador_Dali_A_(Dali_Atomicus)_09633u.jpg" target="_blank">Commons</a>
Art & Art History

Dalí, Surrealism and…Fashion Magazines?

Salvador Dalí injected Surrealism into fashion magazines in the 1930s and 1940s, to lasting influence.
A woman in a modest swimsuit with sleeves and a skirt past her knees
Business

Modesty in Fashion

The intersection of religion and fashion has led to modesty in bathing suits.
A swimming beaver
Politics & History

Beavers, Hats, and the Fur Trade

Origins of the North American fur trade.
Rows of counterfeit bags in various colors
Arts & Culture

Where There’s Luxury, There’s The Urge to Counterfeit

Why do consumers love counterfeit copies of luxury brands?